Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

41 pending office actions • 30 clients • 39 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 132 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

STETINA GARRED BRUCKER & NEWBOLES has 39 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 5,908 career applications. The profile reports an 83.65% resolved allowance rate and an average of 2.67 office actions per allowance.

The career application volume provides substantial context for the active pending workload. An 83.65% resolved allowance rate indicates that allowance occurred in a majority of resolved matters, while 2.67 office actions per allowance indicates that allowed cases commonly involved repeated examination interaction. The figures support planning for technically detailed responses and sustained management of device-related portfolios.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=5908 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.6%
Allowance Rate
n=5908
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5908
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=4027
-0.47σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4027
953 days
Time to Allowance
n=4027
+10.2pp
Interview Lift
n=5908
16.5%
RCE Rate
n=5908
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=5908

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.8%
§101 Overcome
n=366
79.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1374
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=2432
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=1715

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5908
1
Practitioners
n=5908
5908.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=5908

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

26
Hard (63%)
11
Medium (27%)
4
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (7%)
§103 only10 (24%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only3 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)23 (56%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

9
Life Sciences
22% of docket
3
Information Tech
7% of docket
3
Communications
7% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
56% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 2 56.7% +42.6%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 2 68.7% +9.3%
FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 1 40.7% +38.3%
BASTIANELLI, JOHN 1 73.4% +28.2%
SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 1 73.8% +20.3%
JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 1 81.6% +12.8%
TSENG, CHARLES 1 79.2% +31.3%
OLSON, LARS A 1 82.0% +14.0%
PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 1 72.8% +25.2%
LEFF, STEVEN N 1 41.4% +8.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18975187 Hydrofoils and Methods OLSON, LARS A —

Hard Cases (26)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18485590 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-CONTACT BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING AGAHI, PUYA 99d overdue
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 87d overdue
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 29d overdue
18769064 LUMINOUS HANGING ORNAMENT RUMMEL, JULIA L 11d overdue
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD DOVE, TRACY MAE 7d
18408914 EMBEDDABLE TILES CONTAINING PASSIVE DEVICES FOR PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 60d
17450398 ADAPTIVE TUNING PARAMETERS FOR A CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK NGUYEN, MAIKHANH 62d
19398455 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS —

Interview Candidates (9)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18505450 GAS FILLING DEVICE CHEYNEY, CHARLES 12d
19398455 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS —
19326303 SEAL STRUCTURE BASTIANELLI, JOHN —
19287003 INFRARED SIGNAL CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E —
19193239 POLYURETHANE BUSHING WITH CAST-IN-PLACE POLYMER LINER JOHNSON, PHILLIP A —
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE CHEYNEY, CHARLES —
19009671 CHROMA KEY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS TSENG, CHARLES —
18975187 Hydrofoils and Methods OLSON, LARS A —

Client Portfolio (30 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37543
37913
37532
37962
17252
17222
37861
37971
36171
26131

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19398455 ANATOMICAL CLOSING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS Intake Breathing Technology, LLC FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2025
19326303 SEAL STRUCTURE Tatsuno Corporation BASTIANELLI, JOHN 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2025
19287003 INFRARED SIGNAL CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS Angiolytics LLC SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E 3797 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2025
19193239 POLYURETHANE BUSHING WITH CAST-IN-PLACE POLYMER LINER Bunker Corp. Dba Energy Suspension JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19068944 FILLING NOZZLE Tatsuno Corporation CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19009671 CHROMA KEY CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Nantmobile, LLC TSENG, CHARLES 2613 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18975187 Hydrofoils and Methods Nature'S Wing Fin Design, LLC OLSON, LARS A 3615 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18972309 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE Drinkstation Holdings Corporation PANCHOLI, VISHAL J 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18958404 GRIDDLE HAVING INTERNAL RESERVOIR FOR LIQUID HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM Stearns Product Development Corporation LEFF, STEVEN N 1792 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18946622 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AGGREGATE FOR A CONCRETE TOPPING SLAB Shaw & Sons, Inc. MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18924777 MARKER-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY AUTHORING TOOLS Nant Holdings Ip, LLC LIU, GORDON G 2618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18858126 MOTORCYCLE WITH REMOVAL SIDE BAGS WITH FASTENING Piaggio & C. S.P.A NASH, BRIAN D 3734 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18910795 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANT FOR VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS Innova Electronics Corporation ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18908578 NAIL BIT CARE SYSTEM Startool, Inc. BELL, SPENCER E 1711 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18906962 RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE ACCESSORY CONTROLLER Kc Ip Holdings, LLC BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH 3747 §103§112 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18890458 PASSIVE ELECTRICAL NEUROFEEDBACK TREATMENT METHOD FOR MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND POST-CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS Nexalin Technology, Inc. PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE 3796 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18805723 SINGLE-SIDED EMBEDDABLE CAPACITORS FOR PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Saras Micro Devices, Inc. SEVEN, EVREN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18779942 SAFETY JOINT Tatsuno Corporation SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18769064 LUMINOUS HANGING ORNAMENT Shandong Meikeda Electronic Graphic Inc. RUMMEL, JULIA L 1784 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18759737 FLUID DRIVEN DIAPHRAGM FOR PERSONAL DEVICES Obotics Inc. DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18721834 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING COMBUSTION IN COMBUSTIBLE GAS BURNER APPARATUS Sit S.p.A. LIN, KO-WEI 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18746683 METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION INCLUDING A NON-SEALING VENTILATION INTERFACE WITH AN ENTRAINMENT PORT AND/OR PRESSURE FEATURE Breathe Technologies, Inc. BOECKER, JOSEPH D 3785 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18659974 TRANSCRANIAL ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMIC FREQUENCY STIMULATION (TACS) SYSTEM Nexalin Technology, Inc. STICE, PAULA J 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 09, 2024
18653826 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 02, 2024
18636088 LIGHT EXTINCTION TOMOGRAPHY FOR MEASUREMENT OF ICE CRYSTALS AND OTHER SMALL PARTICLES Plexar Associates, Inc. GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18699824 CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING FLAT METAL PRODUCTS AND CUTTING SHEAR FOR CUTTING SAID FLAT METAL PRODUCTS EQUIPPED WITH SAID DEVICE Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18697883 CRYSTALLIZER FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2024
18617169 TRAINING SHOE Tyr Sport, Inc. NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18602693 Report Design Wizard Solver, Inc. CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL 2171 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18412889 METHODS AND PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCING BLOOD FLOW TO AN ANATOMICAL REGION Growth Armor, LLC HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2024
18408914 EMBEDDABLE TILES CONTAINING PASSIVE DEVICES FOR PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Saras Micro Devices, Inc. INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §102§112 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18505450 GAS FILLING DEVICE Tatsuno Corporation CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18488624 BOOSTER SEAT CONFIGURED FOR COMPACT SIDE-BY-SIDE POSITIONING Diono, LLC ABRAHAM, TANIA 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18485590 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-CONTACT BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING Algorithmic Mashup, Inc. AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18240089 FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM MANUFACTURE USING HIGH PRECISION PRESS Licap Technologies, Inc. KYLE, MADISON LEIGH 1722 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18276238 Curable Epoxy Systems Comprising a Phenolic Polymer Rain Carbon Germany GmbH HESTER, HOLLEY GRACE 1766 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2023
18110627 DRY ELECTRODE MANUFACTURE BY TEMPERATURE ACTIVATION METHOD Licap Technologies, Inc. DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §102§112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18103126 FREE-STANDING ELECTRODE FILM CONTAINING RECYCLED MATERIALS Licap Technologies, Inc. VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD 1722 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2023
17703969 END-TO-END ADAPTIVE DEEP LEARNING TRAINING AND INFERENCE METHOD AND TOOL CHAIN TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND SHORTEN DEVELOPMENT CYCLES Aondevices, Inc. HWANG, MEGAN ELIZABETH 2143 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2022
17675947 ALWAYS-ON WAKE ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATTERN DETECTION (WOMPD) FROM A SENSOR FUSION CIRCUITRY Aondevices, Inc. ZEVITZ, DANIELLE ELIZABETH 2655 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17450398 ADAPTIVE TUNING PARAMETERS FOR A CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK Aondevices, Inc. NGUYEN, MAIKHANH 2144 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Oct 08, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles's patent allowance rate?

83.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles were allowed, across 5,908 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles average before allowance?

2.67 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Stetina Garred Brucker & Newboles have?

41 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 30 clients, before 39 examiners in 32 art units.

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